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opulent

adj
/ˈɒpjʊlənt/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin opulēns, opulentus, from ops (“wealth, power, resources”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃op- (“to work; produce in abundance”).

  1. derived from *h₃ep-✻
  2. borrowed from opulentus

Definitions

  1. Luxuriant, and ostentatiously magnificent.

    • He saw himself, in a smart suit and a songkok, bowed into the opulent suites of Ritzes and Waldorfs and baring, under dark glasses, a hairy chest to a milder sun by a snakeless sea.

  2. Rich, sumptuous and extravagant.

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Derived

inopulent, opulently, unopulent

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA